Risk management of extravasation of cytostatic drugs at the Adult Chemotherapy Outpatient Clinic of a university hospital

• Published in: Journal of clinical nursing Vol. 14; no. 7; pp. 876 - 882
• Main Authors: Adami, Nilce Piva, De Gutiérrez, Maria Gaby Rivero, Da Fonseca, Selma Montosa, De Almeida, Elizabeth Pinto Magalhães
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.08.2005; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Administration; Adult; adverse events; Antineoplastic Agents - administration & dosage; Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects; Brazil; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Extravasation; Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials - epidemiology; guarantee of health care quality; Hospitals, University - standards; Humans; Incidence; Medication Systems, Hospital; Neoplasms - drug therapy; Neoplasms - nursing; Nursing; oncology nursing; Oncology Nursing - standards; Outpatient Clinics, Hospital - standards; Outpatient treatment; Patients; Quality of Health Care; Risk Management; Side effects; Brazil

Aims and objectives.  To verify the incidence of extravasation of cytostatic drugs in patients treated on an outpatient basis at a university hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, during the period from 1998 to 2002, and to assess the quality of care provided by the nursing team using a protoco...